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Superior Court, Franlin county. At the Superior Court of Franklin county, lately held at Louisburg, the following tri als took place: ; Staccy, charged with the murder of Weather ford, was found guilty of-man slaughter, and branded. Elizabeth Scott, who, toge therwith Ojiver Lewis and Le rnuel Lewis, was indicted for the murder of Hinton Pugh, was found guilty of manslaugh ter and branded. The case of Oliver Lewis was continued to the next term of the Court. ... Win. L. Wolf, whose trial had been removed from Wakej to Franklin, was tried oh the charge of having entered the store of Mr. Richard Smith, of Raleigh, at night, and taking therefrom about 480 dollars, and acquitted. Wolf still remains in confine ment, under a charge of house breaking. Ral. Star. left his pupils to take such $te;sjvering under its gigantic shield; procure an few . nights managers of our theatre: North-Carolina Gold. There was shewn to us a few days since, by a merchant of this place who has just returned from Mecklenburg, a lump of this precious metal, whish is as pure as any that has ever been found in North-Carolina ; it weighs about 110 pennyweights, and it evidently appears to have been acted upon by a convulsion of nature; it was found in Meek: leuburg county, near the wa ters of Richardson's creek, by a negro girl of Mr. T. Doster's, while ploughing in the field. Cher aw Gazette. Raleigh , dprilfab. Robert Cannon, Esq. olf; this city, whilst riding out on the day be fore yesterday, was thrown with great violence from his horse, who wa. in full speed, having been alarmed by the barking of :t dog that set upon him in the street. Mr. Cannon was taken up in a state of perfect insensi bility, and was so contused by the fall, as to create serious ap prehensions, but wc are happy to state, that he is now in a fair way of recovery. About the same moment of time, in a different part of the city, Mrs. Rorkc, was precipi tated from a gig, by the break ing of the swingle-tree, and un fortunately fractured her leg. Register. for the recovery of their money as in their wisdom they might see fit. v The liJit-toed herodi rected his 'notion towards our city, where he had the luck to engagement for with, the worthy But, as the d 1 would have it, be fore the termination of his ser vices on, the. stage, ., he gave "damning proof" at his board- in house that his fingers were as ligit as his heels; and were it not for the exertion of several able counsellors, and . the labors of that prince of honest fellows, Mordeeai M. Noah, it is confi dently . asserted that he would have had the satisfaction of step ping on the Penitentiary Mill, tor the ( the edification of such sen tlemen and ladies as might choose to gaze at him through the massy barj of the prison. After his deliverance from tem porary captivity here, Signor Montaes bent his way to Phila delphia; but, not having the fear of bailiffs or stepping-mills be fore his eyes', he made forcible entry into, and filched from the trunk of a sea-captain, (who was on the point of sailing,) a ma: sonic medal of handsome work manship and considerable value, and also a pair of pistols for which slight-of-hand manoeuvre he was duly sentenced, in an hour and a quarter after his ar rest, to step twelve calendar months in the City Penitentiary, to the tune of driVcrs whips, minute bells, and clinking irons. In this situation, he will, no doubt, "do the state some ser vice. New- York Patriot. Chesapeake and Delaicarc Canal We understand that all the contracts offered last week for this important work were immediately taken, on the most favorable terms for the compa ny. The-appJicants were near ly all persons of the greatest respectability, who had been cn gaged in similar operations in this stae and the state of New York. Their number, too, greatly exceeded that which the work required. Under these favorable cir cumstances, and under the su perintendence of the distinguish ed Engineer whom the Direct ors have selected, we have no doubt that this work will pro ceed with a rapidity, and be executed in a manner, which will increase alike the reputation and resources of our city. Phil. Nat. Gaz. New steps in dancing. A Signor Montaes, who sometime ago received in advance a large sum of money in Providence, to teach certain young ladies the poetry of motion," as Mr. Somebody calls dancing,-after borrowing several small sums and trifling articles from various Persons, thought proper to de camp in the French fashion.and Trial for Murder. On the 13th inst. at the court of Schuyl kill county, Pa. John Zimmer man was tried for the murder of his own daughter in December last. The jury returned a ver dict of murder in the first de gree, but the court granted him a new trial. Zimmerman had taken offence at his daughter, because she had made a promise ot marriage to a man that he did not like. In consequence ot this he, attcr drivinsc the rest of the family from the house, dragged his sick daughter out of bed, trampled upon, and finally killed her. Robbery. As the watchmen were taking their last round in Norfolk, on the morning of the 11th inst. they were suddenly startled by a black fellow rush- nig out of Messrs. J. &. W. Southgate's warehouse, who im mediately levelled the first watchman with an iron bar; the other watchman, who had by llils time come up, gave the vil lain a heavy blow over the head with his club at the moment he was raising the iron bar, to pros trate him as he had done the other. The blow staggered t.h negro for a moment, but rcc'o vering himself, he rushed by the watchmen and jumping into the dock landed on the next wharf, ana maue his escape: he was subsequently taken and lodged in jail. About 30lbs. of coffee had been taken away, which was found in a batteau in the dock. La Fayette. Several letters have been received at the east ward from Gen. La Fayette. It is understood, from a letter re ceived by Dr. Thacher, of Ply mouth, that a sense of duty will keep him a considerable time in Europe, and delay his contem- plated visit to the United States. In a letter to Gov. Eustis, of Massachusetts, he says, "But here stands the power of the li nked States, happily free from European connexions, and co-i J the independence and republi can liberties of every .Columbi an nation. The Message of the President has produced on: the European part of the world a most honorable, dignified, and useful ..impression. I enjoyed it, not only, as an American pa triot, but also for the sake of the general cause ' of mankind, in which. for political civilization, honesty and steadiness, the Uni ted States holds a rank so supe rior to every other human ag gregation. " . Singular Circumstance. Some months since the Indiana papers contained an account of a gir of 13 years of age, from whose; lace and under, the eye "clots ot blood'7 would occa sionally ooze, together with pie ces of cartilage and bone, lea ving no mark or trace on the face; the girl at the same time enjoying good health. Several eminent physicians witnessed this extraordinary case and one of them, Dr. Shulerj of Vincen- nes, writes the following letter to Dr. Mitchell on the subject: "Enclosed are specimens of bone and cartilage, with a clot, that were taken from the girl's face. I regret I have no "more to send you. I think you will have received some before this time, from Gen. Evans. The specimens 1 lound are smaller than most that made their ap pearance. The largest of them owes its whiteness, externally, to having been brushed, and is smoother than most of those which I saw. All the bones had some part of their surface smooth; but this smoothness was generally on one side. The cartilaginous substances appear when dry to be of two kinds; the one pale and transparent, the other yellowish, and more opaque, as you will find by ex amination. It is probable, I think, if the cartilage and bone were properly analyzed, they would be found to contain a lar ger proportion of gelatine than the regular bene of the human body; and the yellow places es pecially to be composed princi pally of gelatine. The clot in closed is not a fair specimen, it being smaller and of a darker color than most of the others. Many were of a dusky white and of a fibrous structure. The shades of hue were various, &c. Dreadful rencontre. The Florence (Alab.) Gazette states: "on Friday morning, 10th ult. VT I'M T iiaj. xviicicabe, oi Lawrence county, lenncssee, with two other gentlemen, was riding ap parently out oi town, when he was met by Col. Lowe, -of this vicinity they were both arm ed. Col. Lowe had his pistol in his hand; Maj. Kilcrease had his in his holsters. Col. Lowe had approached the Major so nearly before he discovered him, that he had not time to draw his weapon. To avoid the fire Maj. Kilcrease threw himself from his horse, and, at the same instant, Col. Lowe's pistol was discharged. JN.o injury was done but, . before Maj. Kil crease could return the shot, (who, when he fell, took with him one of his pistols, and, on foot pursued the Colonel a short distance,) Col. Lowe had got in to a house, where he re-loaded his- pistol. Maj. Kilcrease, af terwards, walked in the direc tion of the house in which Col. Lowe then was; with his pistols in his hands. Col. Lowe steo- ped out, and,, at a distance of about twenty yards, they level led at each other, and Maj. Kil crease fell, having received a shot in his forehead. He lived until the 23d ult. when he brea- thqd his last. This was a. hor rible spectacle to be acted in the tace of a civilized community: we wish never again to witness another." No accounting fnr tmt'tp.. John M'Curdy, (says theNew lork National Advocate,) pre sented himself to the Police demanding to be sent to the pe nitentiary. He had done no thing to entitle him to that dis tinction, but he had mst been re leased, from the same place, and finding that he could not .obtain work, and bein unwilling to steal, he desired to be sent back. "Why don't you go ta the poor house?7- said the magistrate. "Because my wife is there," said the man, "and I have ac quaintances at the penitentiary, and prefer going there.'7 . He was adjudged as disorderly, and gratified by a commitment for the term of 6 months. There is no accounting for taste in these times. Emigration. A writer., in the Baltimore Federal Gazette, complains loudly and strongly of the present mania of his fel low citizens for moving to New- lork; he says that merchants, mech?nics, lawyers and physi cians, -arc all aroint to JNew- ' C7 O York -and he wisely hints, that the time recently employed in investigating the merits ot an oppressive "militia bill," would lave been more profitably spent in enquiring into the cause oi this migrating disease. Clergymen. It is calculated that there are G000 regularly or dained clergymen in the U. S. Price Current. APRIL lfi Bacon, . Brandy, Apple, reach. Cogniac Peters'g.yjYorfolk. 8 to', y .8 to 8 Corn, Cotton, Coffee, - - - Flour, superfine, hne, - Gin, Holland,- American, Iron4 per ton, - Molasses, Rum, Jamaica, Antigua, - New-Eng. sugar, brown, - loaf. - - Salt, loose, - - sarV Tea,Y'g Hyson, imperial, lobacco. - . Wheat, Whiskey, - - 56 .60 53 55 60 62 55 60 130 150 110 125 iloO 175 165 170 m 14 13 U 23 . 25 .20 . 23 500 525 575. 60o 450 500 400 450 100 110100 106 40 ,42 40 4 $85 100 $90 95 30 35 22 24 115 125 90 95 75 8C 64 70 40 42 35 37 8h 13 8 13 15 . 20 15 20 75 87 55 58 300 300 275 75 120110 115 120 150140 145 $3 10$2h 8 90 100! 80 100 . 30 401 29 30 MARRIED, In Pasquotank county, on the 31st ult. Mr. Mark Anthony Delcn to Miss Mary Pritchard, daughter of Benj. Pritchard, deceased. In Duplin county, on the 23d ult. Mr. Daniel Simmons, jr. of Jones county, to Miss Lliza A. Cradey, daughter ot Henry uradey, Esq. At Edenton, on the 1 1th inst. Mr. Wm.' R". H. Bozman to Mrs. Fran ces Satterfield. In Wake county, on the 8th inst. Mr. James Boyd to Miss Rebecca Boyce, daughter of Isham Boyce, Esq. In Anson county, on the 1st inst. Maj. Alfred Dcckcry to Miss Sa rah L. daughter of Mr. James Tur ner, deceased. In Richmond county, on the 8th inst. Mr.t John E. Chambers, of Montgomery county, to Miss Ju dith, eldest daughter of James Rat fovd, Esq. In Franklin county, Mr. Richard Russell, cf Warren county, to Mrs. Ann Hawkins, widow of the late Gov. Hawkins. In Warren county, on the 3d inst. Mr. Amos P. Sledge to Miss Nan cy Pitchford. At Hillsboro', on -the 4th inst. Mr. James B. M'Dade to Miss Re becca Eaton. DIED, At Edenton, on the 7th inst. Mrs. Lydia M'Kiel, consort of Capt. Jo .Moii iTik':i. i, nil. -nit Lydia Thompson, widow of Mr Wm. Thompson. In Caswell county, on the 6th inst. Mrs. H. R. Brooks, formerly ot retersourg. At Newbern, on the 29th ult. Mrs. Ann Loomis, consort of Dr. Harris Loomis. In Pasquotank county, on the 27th ult. Mr. Israel Perry, aged 60 years. In Montgomery county, on the 6th Mrs. Stacy Crowder, consort ol Absalom Crowder. In Wake county, on the 14th inst. in the 6th year of his age, John Louis Taylor, the oldest son of James F. Taylor, Esq. In North Milford, Conn. Landa Beach and his wife the latter aged 96; the former 97 their united ages 193 years- They were the parents of seven children, all of whom survive them. Their other living descendants are: grand-children 79, great-grand-children 192, great-great-grand-children 7. -Whole number of descendants 278. Hertford Academy, At Murfreesboro N. C. THIS Institution is now .open for the receDtion of Stud the I rustees have the satisfaction of informing their friends, and the Public, that the care of the Male department, has been undertaken by the Rev. James Douglass, a genucman eminently qualified by his literary attainments and exem plary piety. Mr. Douglass is a Presbyterian Clergyman, lately from the Theo logical Seminary at Princeton, N. J. He makes none of those promises which parents might indeed ex pect, which custom sanctions, and which it is more "easy and common to publish than to perform. How ever, the Trustees have no hesita tion to say, from their acquaintance with him, and the very respectable testimonials they have received of his character, that he feels too deep an interest in the rising gene ration, to omit any possible means of giving to his pupils, that intel lectual and moral training, which may render them honorable to their families and blessings in their day. The Female department still continues under the direction of Mrs. Harriot W. J. Banks, a lady whose competency has been ful ly tested, and generally acknowledged. JOHjY WHEELER, Sec'y. Murfreesboro', April 13, 1824. 3 5"3t DIVISION ORDERS. MAJOR Gen. Robert R. John son, of the seventh Division of the militia of North-Carolina, hereby orders the Muster of the following Regiments, at the times and places hereinafter . specified, for the purpose of being reviewed; of which the respective command ants, and all others belonging-to the regiments, are required to take notice and govern themselves ac cordingly: . ' The regiment of Martin, atWil liamston, Thursday, the 3d day of June next. The two regiments of Edgecombe, at Tarborough, Tues day, the 8th day of June. The lower regiment of Halifax, at Cro well's, Friday, the 11th day of June. The regiment of Northampton, at the Court-house, Tuesday, the 15th dav of June. The upper regiment of 'Halifax, at Webb's, Friday, the 18th day of June. The regiment of Nash, at Nashville, Tuesday, the 22dday of June. On the day preceding the Mus ters for review, the commissioned Officers of each regiment of infan try, will assemble at the place of Regimental Parade, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of instruction and discipline; All, except field officers, are required to appear with fire arms, they with side-arms. On the days following the re views, Courts Martial will be held. The regiments of Warren, Frank lin, and Wake, will be reviewed in the fall. By the General, Edwin D. Whitehead, Thomas J. Green, Aids-de-camp. lie it known. Edwin D. White head, of Nash county, and Thomas J. Green, of Warren county, are appointed my Aids-ae-camp, and n snrn wui ft v.juv.v.h.u tuu obeved. ROBERT R. JOHNSON, Major-General of the 7th Divi sion of the militia of N.Carolina. Warrenton, April 2, 1824. 5- Ci
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